[Verse 1] We bought the pitch deck, every slide Chrome-ring coffee, projector light Now the quarterly numbers slip And the whole projection loses grip [Pre-Chorus] The seams are starting to split Hairline at first, now all of it We thought the floor would hold our weight Now it gives when we lean on it [Chorus] Residual, residual A lovely little line item in the fall Residual, residual Per the memo, it’s “acceptable” to lose it all We circle back and call it care Then bill the hours in the air Residual… residual [Verse 2] Screens are humming, cold and deep Secrets that the shadows keep Every map we thought was true Shows a world we never knew [Pre-Chorus] One fix leads to another Still the doubt keeps pulling harder We thought we knew which way was up Now we’re lost inside the cup [Chorus] Residual, residual A lovely little line item in the fall Residual, residual Per the memo, it’s “acceptable” to lose it all We circle back and call it care Then bill the hours in the air Residual… residual [Bridge] The merger call ran past its hour Lawyers circling tower to tower One side folded, one side stalled Names got changed and nothing merged at all Due diligence, dead on arrival A handoff dressed up like survival Paper trails and pooled reports, coffee rings on every page Still two companies, same old faults [Final Chorus] Residual, residual A lovely little line item in the fall Residual, residual Per the memo, it’s “acceptable” to lose it all No more comfort to pretend Just the silence at the end Residual… Residual [Outro] (Residual…) (Residual…)
